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If the Dems lose the House who would have thought it would have been NY that did them in.

All I can say is I am sorry that NY still has a lot of MAGA’s in the suburbs.

A red wave for New York House seats
By ERIN DURKIN, ANNA GRONEWOLD and JULIAN SHEN-BERRO 11/10/2022 07:15 AM EST
If Democrats lose theirHouse majority, it may be New York that did them in.

Congressional races called on Wednesday handed win after win to Republicans, which have now clinched at least 10 of New York’s 26 House seats, flipping four previously held by Democrats. And New York Democrats know who to blame: themselves.

The biggest name to fall was Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who conceded Wednesday as his 17th District race was called for challenger Mike Lawler. “I don’t like to lose, but my opponent won this race. He won it fair and square,” Maloney said.

There’s plenty of irony in this outcome. Maloney opted, after redistricting, to run in NY-17, rather than the NY-18 district he currently represents, because it appeared to be a safer bet for a Democratic general election victory. In the process, he incited a fierce intraparty squabble by displacing Rep. Mondaire Jones, who opted to run — and ultimately lose — in the primary for another district in New York City. Now Democrats have won NY-18, but both Maloney and Jones are unemployed. Jones summed up the reaction in one word: “Yikes.”

On Long Island, it’s a GOP sweep of four congressional seats — two staying in Republican hands, and two flips. The seats now held by departing Reps. Tom Suozzi and Kathleen Rice were won by Republicans George Santos and Anthony D’Esposito, respectively. In the Hudson Valley, Republican Marc Molinaro flipped another Democratic seat.

The only win for Democrats among the state’s most contested seats comes in NY-18, where Republican Colin Schmitt conceded to Rep. Pat Ryan. (The race still has not been officially called.) Republican Brandon Williams has a narrow lead over Democrat Francis Conole for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. John Katko in the Syracuse area.

A lot of this has to do with the fact that redistricting, which Democrats tried to use to run up their numbers, blew up epically in the party’s face. But even then, Democrats had competitive turf to work with and largely came up short.

“I just keep thinking of the old adage: Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered,” Democratic strategist Peter Kauffmann said. “There was a way to draw those lines to make more Democratic seats and withstand a legal challenge. By overshooting, we’re now going to lose two or three more seats than we need to.”

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2022/11/10/a-red-wave-for-new-york-house-seats-00066157